"The base was junk mail covered with Beryls fabric paper made from old candy wrappers. Inexpensive and a ball to make! So easy to personalize for different friends. And yes, photography ISNT one of my strong points!!"
"I would love to know how you went about acheving this look.......I will have to try something like this with my broken shells from my trip to Florida!!"
Water soluable crayon-painted and stamped canvas torn and sewn together collage style. Adorned with fibers and found family heirloom items. Lace edging sewn on and heat distressed.
About me and my connection to fiber art & mixed media
Absorbing all I can with mixed media fiber art, found object art, watercolor and acrylic painting. By day, I work in a little gray cubicle on a computer so I spend my free time evenings and weekends exploring color and texture. I have no formal training except Mrs. Buie's art class in Grade School which I didnt fully appreciate at the time. I dont garden but I plant gorgeous pots of flowers and surround my bird bath and front porch so I can sit with my coffee or a toddy in the midst of the glory and watch cardinals and honey bees.
Thank you for your kind comment Cindy, I took the opportunity to visit you and see that you too are trying your hand at felting, it's my latest love. I love the variety of your photos and the skill you bring to them all
I got your messages and answered on your page yesterday, is it not there?. Yes I got the machine...today I got a chance to finally play for a little while in between housework and making a big pot of soup to hopefully mark the occasion of the area's last snowstorm (yeah right!) I just played with fiber on a piece of recycled wool with no real goal in mind, but I sure had a great time. The Babylock is sweet as sugar!! I love it so far. I cant wait to try lace and regular fabric but I still have some laundry to get done so I will post the photo of my first attempt and put it away for the night.
I've left you a few messages about your embellishing machine and stuff-I love all your bags and am looking forward to making a bag soon. Are you getting my messages? I don't see them on my page or yours. Strange...Mimu
Yes Cindy my roots were in traditional but have been moving over to mixed media as I love it more - love the playing etc.... and learning so much more too!
Thanks for the comment Cindy
yes the cover is foiled then covered with tissue paper that has a stamped image on.
No the inside is an ordianarylined journal.
The Doodle book has "made" pages though and was book stitched together